55 Unique Gift Ideas for the Design-Obsessed

From candles and lighters to gold watches and coffeemakers, here’s what’s on our holiday wish list.

If you’re like us, it can be hard to deliver a fashion-centric holiday wish list to your parents, significant other, or siblings. Are you really going to ask your dad for a tie-dye T-shirt that takes a month to deliver, send your girlfriend an eBay link to an archival Helmut Lang parka, or tell your brother all you want for Christmas is someone to pick up your tailoring tab? What, meanwhile, do you get for them? That’s why, this time of year, our browser tabs are inevitably open to our favorite design shops. Here, we present our 2017 Big Holiday Wish List: a guide to all the beautiful, functional stuff—from candles to valet trays to coffeemaking gear—that we’ll be giving and getting this season.

Candles & Lighters

Third-wave candles have taken over, so this holiday season, now that every home and apartment from here to Fargo smells like cedar and vetiver, it's up to you to give a gift that looks as good as it smells. Statuesque busts, praying-hands emojis, and groovy ceramics—they're all up for grabs.

A good lighter (or lighter holder) is a thing to cherish. Think of it as the perfect complement to the artfully designed candle you're copping this season. Invest in one of the beauties on these pages, keep it gassed and polished, and pass it down for the next generation to light the way.

Glorious Gold

This isn't the first time that we've declared our love for gold. So if you're already decked out, now we say: Keep going. Because nothing looks better with gold than more gold.

Light Sources

We love fashion, but truth be told, at the top of our gift list at GQ Style is a badass light-giving, room-brightening lamp. Buy one for yourself this holiday season and call us in 20 years to say thank you.

Valet Trays

Also known as a vide poche (that's French for “empty pocket”), a simple, design-forward organizational platter is the best way to guarantee that you'll always know where to find your wallet, your keys, and your contraband.

The Complete Coffee Setup

Executing the ultimate pour-over coffee is about more than the perfect-tasting cup of joe. It's your morning meditation. We've rounded up everything you need to do it right.